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CLAPHAM & DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

Number 41, June, 2006

1. Parish Council: This was the first meeting of thenew Parish Council, following an uncontestedelection at which five nominated Councillors werereturned. Eileen Plumridge was appointed Chairman,with Colin Price as vice-Chairman.

As a result of the uncontested election, the ParishCouncil had only five members instead of therequired seven. Accordingly, it was agreed unani-mously to co-opt the following additional members:– Sheila Robinson, who had stood down at the

election but had agreed to be co-opted if necessary.– Nicola Saward, who was present at the meeting

and who had attended other Parish Councilmeetings as an interested member of the public.

The Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to threeformer Parish Councillors who had decided not toseek re-election this year: Teddy Dawson, TommyLund and Jean Davey. The vote was approvedunanimously.

2. Clerk to the Parish Council: When Paul Pearcereturned as clerk last November, he agreed to takeon the job as a temporary arrangement until the ParishCouncil elections in May. That period has nowelapsed and he would prefer to retire. However, theParish Council has asked him to continue, and hehas agreed to do so (subject to any change in hispersonal circumstances) for a further six months. Thiswould allow time for the new Parish Council to settleitself in and to prepare for the appointment of hissuccessor.

3. Highways: The contractors responsible for workson the A65 (Amey Mouchel) had been asked toprovide signposting in advance of the junction atBolderber with the minor road to Clapham Stationacross Newby Moor. However, this was the scene ofa recent fatal accident and the Police are said to be“very much against further promoting the junction”.Amey Mouchel says that this junction will beincluded in a review of accident sites, which theywill be conducting later this year. The Parish Councilwill be consulted as part of the review.

SUMMARY REPORT: MEETING OF CLAPHAM CUM NEWBYPARISH COUNCIL: 23rd MAY, 2006

• Work has been carried out recently on the KeasdenRoad, including the clearance of roadside ditchesand culverts, and repairs to damaged road edgesbelow the crossroads.

• A letter from a local resident had been receivedshortly before the meeting asking the ParishCouncil to support his campaign to increase thepriority for winter gritting above the cross-roadsat Keasden. This will be considered at the nextmeeting, together with a proposal to increase thepriority for the road from Wenning Bridge (belowClapham Station).

• Unfortunately, NYCC failed to deliver thepromised Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) in timefor the arrival of this year’s travellers, so Claphamis having to cope with yet another season with noeffective powers to deal with any who prove tobe troublesome.

4. Former West Riding signposts: The post nearBridge Cottage in Clapham village has now beenrestored to its former glory. NYCC Highways havestill to renovate the damaged post on Newby Moor.5. Newby street light: The replacement street lampis working at last.6. Newby notice board: The landowner has givenhis consent for the noticeboard (without doors) to beinstalled within the little walled enclosure close tothe bridge over the beck, near Bridge Cottage.7. Clapham churchyard: The Parochial ChurchCouncil (PCC) has offered to re-point the gapsbetween the slabs which form the main paths leadinginto the church, using volunteer labour. The ParishCouncil has agreed to this provided that the PCC aresatisfied that the work can be completed to anacceptable standard, and that their insurance wouldcover the use of volunteers for this purpose.

8. Bus shelters: NYCC claim that they cannotprovide any screening to the front of the exposedshelter near the Little Chef at Newby becausethis would fall foul of Disability Discrimination

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NYCC have also been asked to remove theredundant shelter at Clapham Station and to restorethe original lay-by; but at present there appears to beno funding available for the work involved. NYCChave agreed to remove the bus stop at this site after itwas pointed out to them that visitors to the areaarriving by train were waiting there for the local busservice in the mistaken belief that they were inClapham village.9. Footpath creation agreements: The process ofdesignating four local routes as public rights of wayis now complete. The routes are: (i) Riverside toCross Haw Lane, between Marton House andRiverside View; (ii) Riverside to Cross Haw Lane,via Clapham Village Hall; (iii) alongside ClaphamBeck, between New Bridge and Church Bridge; (iv)from Long Lane to the track between IngleboroughCave and Trow Gill.10. Planning: Planning applications approved sincethe last meeting:• Construction of a garage extension to the eastern

gable of the house: Hazle Hall, Clapham.• Change of use of former National Park Visitor

Centre to form shop, office & bunk-barnaccommodation: The Old Manor House,Clapham.

• Deletion of certain conditions relating to planningconsent for eleven holiday chalets on the formergoods yard at Clapham Station.

• Extension to dormer bungalow: Green CloseFarm, Clapham

• Removal of one ash tree, one sycamore and onelime tree; and removal of the lower bough fromanother ash tree: all on land used as a caravan siteadjacent to the Flying Horseshoe Hotel, Clapham.

Planning applications withdrawn:• Erection of timber-framed agricultural building

for housing sheep, in a field behind KeasdenChurch.

Planning applications awaiting decisions:• Proposed change of use of former car showroom

to form window and conservatory showroom,office and workshop: Dales View Garage, OldRoad, Clapham.

• Removal of various ancillary buildings andreplacement with garage/workspace area andattached greenhouse: Stonegarth, The Green,Clapham.

• Change of use and conversion of existing officeaccommodation and commercial storage unit intothree residential dwellings: Old Mason’s Yard,Cross Haw Lane, Clapham

• Demolition of existing buildings, and erection of16 dwellings, craft workshops, children’s nurseryetc on the former H L Gorner garage site, OldRoad, Clapham

• Erection of dwelling house on land next toClareson, Cross Haw Lane, Clapham.

Planning enforcement procedures:• Ryecroft Farm, Newby: Craven District Council

have issued a formal notice of failure to complywith a planning enforcement order relating to(i) the painting (dark brown) of an agriculturalbuilding, and (ii) the planting of trees.

11. Next meetings: The next two meetings of theParish Council will be held in Clapham Village Hallon Tuesday, July 11th, and Tuesday, September 12th.Both meetings will start at 7.30pm.

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Plans are now well in hand for this event to be heldin the evening of Saturday 26th August. The beckthrough Clapham from the waterfall to the A65 tunnelwill be decorated using candle-lit lanterns and theevening will include a sumptuous barbecue ofKeasden beef and pork and locally sourcedvegetarian options, for which we are looking forvolunteers to make cakes, salads and home-made softdrinks (with all ingredients provided) plus, doesanyone have a recipe for ‘barbecue-proof vegetarianburgers? Tickets for the BBQ will be on sale fromthe end of July.

There will also be a ceilidh and bonfire in thegrounds of Ingleborough Hall and a lanternprocession up and down each side of the beck arounddusk. We are hoping a group of local musicians willlead the procession and play for part of the ceilidh -any musicians (however ‘rusty’ or inexperienced)who would like to join in are invited to contactBeverley Lockett on 51108 so some practice sessionscan be organised.

If you’d like to offer help in any of the followingareas please contact the person listed opposite:

CLAPHAM BY CANDLELIGHT UPDATEBeck decoration – Jean Mallaband 51734Food and Drink – Brenda Everson 51837Music – Beverley Lockett 51108Organising BBQ/bonfire/

dance space – Peter Everson 51837Helping on the day with lantern

lighting,marshalling procession etc.– Jim & Kathy Hall 51232

Lantern making Workshops – Sue Cowgill 51343

Clapham School pupils will make their lanternsbefore the end of term and there will be two or threefurther lantern making workshops for adults andaccompanied children at the beginning of theholidays (see below for dates). If you want to makea lantern or just to get hold of the withy, tissue paperand candle holder with which to make one in yourown time, please leave your name and ‘phonenumber, numbers of people attending and preferredthree sessions on 51343 or complete and return thecut-out slip below to the Village Shop by Tuesday,13th June. You need to book so that sufficientmaterials can be ordered. Please keep saving jam jarsand screw-on bottle tops for candleholders forcollection nearer the time - thanks!

The next planning meeting is on Tuesday, 13thJune at 7pm at Deighton House, just above BrokkenBridge on left of beck, all ideas and offers of assist-ance are most welcome - do come along!

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You may remember back in August last year I made anappeal for sponsorship towards my trek to China in aidof Breast Cancer Care. Well I thought you might liketo know that, along with 36 other volunteers, Isuccessfully completed this challenge and would nowlike to say a massive thank you to all the people whosponsored me.

I personally managed to raise almost £3,000 and asa group we have raised a staggering £128,000 so far,with money still coming in. As Breast Cancer Carerelies entirely on donations from the public to provideits services free to clients this money will go a longway towards providing information, practical assistanceand emotional support for anyone affected by breastcancer.

The trip was a truly amazing experience with sixdays of strenuous walking both along the Great Walland through the surrounding countryside. On arrival inChina we were transferred to an area approximately120km north east of Beijing known as Simatai. Thesection of wall here offers arguably the finest walkinganywhere on the Great Wall and is extremelyphotogenic, with over 30 watchtowers, and steepgradients that give constantly changing perspectivesand wide open views.

After three nights at Simatai we moved on to anotherarea where we climbed a beautiful mountain known asWuzoulou (Five Tower Mountain). At 1,100m and thehighest point of our trek this was a challenging day’swalking but thoroughly enjoyable and with somefantastic views and changing scenery.

The next day’s walk through Black Dragon PoolPark was described by our Chinese guide as a “walk inthe park”, but with approximately two thirds of Chinacovered by mountain, you can guess that it was notlike a stroll through Hyde Park! Instead the walkfollowed a route through gorges, past lakes and throughsome beautiful countryside. Today we experienced afantastic electrical storm and a heavy downpour in theafternoon, but otherwise the conditions throughout theweek were perfect for walking.

The final day was back on the wall in an area calledMutianyu, just 90km north of Beijing. This is anexcellent example of a restored section of the wall withmany fine watchtowers and beautiful scenery. Here weended our week’s challenge and had an emotional time

taking photographs and a final opportunity to take inthe atmosphere and the beauty of the Great Wall ofChina.

Once again I would like to thank everyone who hassponsored me already, but if you would still like to makea donation please do so by calling at my house Wayside,Newby. Elaine

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Sue Martin of the Sewing Centre, Settle is organising agarden party at 6 Falcon Close, Settle on Sunday, 11thJune to raise funds for the Oncology Department atAiredale Hospital. If anyone would care to bake a caketo swell the funds it would be very welcome. Thesecan be delivered to Christine at Jasmine Cottage (51015)or Rosie at Park View (51492) on Saturday, 10th June.

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The Vicar writes . . .CHURCH NEWS

Our United Evening Service will be held in St. JamesChurch, Clapham on Sunday evening 9 July and wewill be following a Taize style of worship.

Taize worship originates from a small communityof brothers based in a village of that name situated insouthern France. Their story begins back in the harshdays of the Second World War with a young priestand academic, Brother Roger, who smuggled peopleacross the border to safety in Switzerland. He wasbetrayed and had to flee but returned after the warand arrived in Taize. The village community had beenwithout a priest for twenty years and their churchwas derelict, so following God’s call, he offered tostay and be their priest.

Slowly, Brother Roger was joined by otherswho came for retreats and stayed to help withthe rebuilding. Slowly a community was formed,ecumenical in nature and with its own Rule, at theheart of which lie the twin principles of peace andreconciliation.

Silence lies at the centre of Taize worship and isgently but firmly enforced. People enter and leave insilence and the spoken word is kept to a minimumduring the service. This, together with the trademarkmeditative chants, allows worshippers to enter into adeeper communion with God.

During the Service you are invited to comeforward to light a candle for yourself or others,remembering that the lighting of a candle is in itselfa prayer and also a reminder that the light of Christ’slove surrounds us even at our darkest times, and is alight that never goes out.

I do hope many of you will attend and findmeaning in a Taize form of Service, indeed find peaceand reconciliation.

Your friend and Vicar,Ian.

Thursday, 15th June – Parish Quiet Day at ParcevallHall. This is a beautiful setting for a Quiet Day andthe Vicar will be leading our thoughts and prayers.Please contact Ian if you would like to come. Thecost is about £18, which includes morning coffee,lunch and afternoon tea.Thursday, 29th June – Cycle Ride – The Vicar willcycle to all seventeen Churches in the Deanery – atotal of 82 miles. This marathon effort will enablehim to see all the Churches in the Deanery, as wellas raise money, of which equal amounts will bedonated to St. John’s Hospice in Lancaster, and ourfour churches. If you would like to send a donationplease forward it to the Vicarage, Clapham Road,Austwick, Lancaster LA2 8BE.Sunday, 9th July at 6.30p.m. – United EveningService in St. James’ Church Clapham.Saturday, 15th July at 7p.m. – Northern Stars SteelBand. See separate Note.Sunday, 16th July – Bishop’s Ramble and Songs ofPraise at the Caravan Site. Come and join the Bishopof Bradford and the Vicar on a walk from Austwickto Clapham. We will meet at Austwick Church andwalk via Crummack to Clapham before holding aSongs of Praise Service at the caravan park adjacentto the A65 in Clapham. All are welcome to walk, orjoin us for the service, of which there will be moreinformation nearer the time.Saturday, 22nd July – Street Market (see itemelsewhere)Children’s Holiday Club – All children are invitedto Clapham’s Ingleborough Hall to join in a wholerange of activities on July 31st and August lst. Wemeet at the Hall between l.30p.m. and 4.00p.m. Moreinformation from the Vicar.Sunday, 6th August – Open-Air Service atIngleborough Hall An open-air service will be heldat Ingleborough Hall at lla.m. Bring a picnic forafterwards. Drinks provided.

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Global Warming has been recognised as a serious issuefor some time (Friends of the Earth (FoE)-ClaphamNewsletter April 2006). In addition there is a growingrecognition of an energy crisis created by the difficultiesof the transportation of natural gas, and a tight balancein the supply/demand equation for oil.

The two issues are closely related. Fossil fuelsfostered the Industrial Revolution (coal), and under-pinned the huge developments in the western worldthroughout the twentieth century (oil and natural gas).Fossil fuels have created the greatest output ofcarbon dioxide that has contributed most to globalwarming.

So it was good to see the FoE list of things to do, ornot do, as individuals to help reduce the carbon imprinton our world.

It set me musing. There was something missing.There was no mention of the main culprits of carbondioxide emissions, cars and aeroplanes. So I would liketo add a few more suggestions to the FoE list ofconsumer concerns.

1. We could try to avoid making unnecessary carjourneys, or make one conscious choice per weeknot to use our cars. Walk, cycle or take publictransport. Share car journeys whenever possible.

2. We could try to reduce the number of times we fly.Planes are terrible polluters.

3. We could try to buy food that is grown locallywherever possible and avoid buying food that hastravelled hundreds of miles. The average mileagemodern food travels before it reaches our shops isaround 1500 miles. What a waste of energy!

“The truly green consumer is the sparing consumer,who turns heat, lights and appliances down or off (notjust to standby) whenever they’re not needed; plans theirlife so as to drive and fly as little as possible, and meetstheir needs with relatively few, durable and localproducts.” (Roger Levett: May 2006)

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MUSINGS OF AN OIL-ADDICT

NEW FOOTPATHS ANDBRIDLEWAY CREATED

The paths were legally created by agreement withthe landowner, Dr Farrer, as follows:• Public Bridleway from Cross Haw Lane by the

Village Hall to Riverside.• Public Footpath from Cross Haw Lane to

Riverside by Marton House.• Public Footpath along the beckside from the Cross

to Brokken Bridge.• Public Footpath linking the path leading to Trow

Gill north of Ingleborough Cave to Long Lane.The paths will be added to the ‘definitive map,’ whichshows all public rights of way and then appear onsubsequent Ordnance Survey maps of the area. Aswith other public rights of way, the Yorkshire DalesNational Park Authority will be responsible for themaintenance of the surface of the new paths, to theextent that they will be suitable for the public rightsrecorded on them. The YDNPA will also contributeto the maintenance of the path furniture such as stiles.(The Park is actually only required to grant-aidlandowners towards the maintenance of stiles andgates, but it recognises the value of the path networkin helping to deliver our second statutory purpose,so in essence it grant-aids 100%).

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BETHEL NEWSAs summertime approaches we start thinking ofholidays or a break from the daily routine. Sometimesit is just what we need to recharge our batteries. TheBible tells of Jesus taking time away, to pray to hisfather and to escape the crowds that followed him. InPsalm 23 we read “He leads me beside quiet waters.He restores my Soul.”

Mums’n’Tots, Youth Club, 429 and the Ladies’Meetings will be stopping at the beginning of July andwill restart in September.

Usual Sunday Services at 11.00 am and6.30 pm. Everyone welcome to join.

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Parochial Church Council A.G.Ms are notorious fortheir poor attendance, but the Annual Church Meetingfor 2006 will become part of Clapham’s history asthe School I.T. room was filled to capacity. TheVicar’s secretary hurtled through the agenda until heannounced a break for refreshments – not the usualcoffee and biscuits but wine and nibbles!!

Then Liz Mason, in her role as churchwarden,turned to the about-to-retire John Farrer; afterembarrassing him with compliments and appreciationfor his service of 52 years as churchwarden, shepresented him on behalf of the P.C.C., with a pairhandsome silver cufflinks. For John that was anunexpected surprise – but more was in store – anevent known to everyone but the Farrers!

On our diary we had notice of a special service inchurch to welcome the new Archdeacon of Craven,so when we arrived and squeezed into the last seatsnear the door, we were so pleased for Ian that hehad such a large congregation to welcome theArchdeacon.

The children, released from keeping the secret,were beaming as they sang specially rehearsed songs.So many people from near and far had been sworn tosecrecy – an effort worthy of MI5. The Archdeaconread a letter from the Bishop of Bradford. PeterWinstone, who had made the long journey fromGloucestershire, read a lesson, Liz Mason playedspecially selected hymns, and the Vicar compli-mented the retiring churchwarden to such an extentthat John’s cheeks glowed with embarrassment.

A magnificent bouquet of flowers was given toJoan followed by a group of smiling children whopresented a number of large envelopes.

By this time we were in a daze and needed thecoffee we all had, as we were able to chat to all thesepeople who seemed to have enjoyed keeping thesecret for the previous two months.

You will see from the photographs whichaccompany this letter that Relief in Africa has had –thanks to you kind people, help to buy desks, text-books, tree seedlings, tools and even an ox!!

Also, with the help of your generous gardenvouchers, we hope you will see a colourfulimprovement to our garden.

I must mention our visit, after the service, not tothe Vicarage to join with the churchwardens and theirwives for lunch and to meet the Archdeaconinformally but to the Village Hall which wasominously quiet until Sue Mann opened the door!!Gasps from both of us to see so many people whowere obviously delighted that the surprise hadworked. The most attractive and tempting meal thathas ever graced a Clapham event.

It is not possible to mention names but we nowknow that Sue and Marilyn, in orchestrating thiswonderful event, spent hours and hours at theircomputers and telephone.

John and I would like to thank everyone whocontributed in any way and made this memorableoccasion. What a wonderful secret!

Joan and John

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As part of the village history project I have beenconsulting the Parish Records at the North YorkshireCounty Records Office in Northallerton. The recordscover the period from 1595 to 1837. The entries aregenerally very brief; a date, a name, an event(baptism, marriage or burial) and a place. But someentries have an added detail that throws light on thepast or fires the imagination.

One may doubt the entry which reads “15/01/1667William Atkinson, pauper and old man, buried in his128th year”, and one may wonder what lies behindthe entry which records the baptism of “Ester,daughter of Thomas Hodshon and Jane Downeham,”who was “merrily begot”.

Life in the past, before the arrival of Health andSafety policies, was clearly hazardous. In 1698, afalling millstone killed John Heape the millwright.

Belarussian ChildrenThe children from Belarus will be visiting Clapham onTuesday, 1st August. If you would like to donate cakesfor the children please deliver to Janet Raine at 2Clapdale Way on Monday, 31st July. Anyone wishingto donate soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes, shampoo etcand exercise books, pens, pencils, calculators etc. forschool all will be very welcome.

Please drop them off along with any knitted jumpersetc. to Rosie at at Park View anytime before Sunday,30th July. Thank you.

. . . . Goodbye to AndrewAt the beginning of May, the New Inn said goodbyeto its head chef Andrew Whaley (Wally to his friends).Andrew was brought-up in Ingleton and started workat the New Inn 25 years ago. He has left for Brisbanewith his wife Maren (who originates from Australia)and baby Jessica.

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PARISH ARCHIVESEight years later, in 1706, Lawrence Remington ofHawksheath fell from the pile-bridge at Tumerfordand was drowned. And in 1710 Richard Holmesenior of Wharfe died by falling from the cliff nearthe spring commonly called “ebbing and flowing”.

We are probably all aware of Robin Procter Scarand the story behind its name, recently retold in the“Heritage on Foot” booklet. “A prominent localfarmer was returning home over the moors one veryfoggy day. Sadly, he missed his way and tumbledwith his horse over the cliffs and both were dashedto pieces on the rocks below.” A likely story, onemight think. But no! The Parish Register tells thestory more briefly. It records the burial on 12thAugust 1677 of Robert Procter of Hazle Hall “fallingfrom a cliff at Norber”. It clearly does not do todiscount local stories. Jim Hall

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School for Sale £380 – in 1947!Keasden School 1867–1947

Originally there were plans to build a school next tothe church in Keasden. The great grandfather ofGeorge Wallbank persuaded planners that the schoolshould be built elsewhere so that all pupils travelledan equal distance to the building.

About thirty pupils attended the school, numbersbeing boosted during the war years by evacuees. Allpupils brought a packed lunch until in 1947 the schoolkitchens in Ingleton provided the pupils with a hotmeal (on Fridays only).

During the last war, common land adjacent to theschool was used for troop training exercises. Somechildren were given lifts home at the end of the dayin army vehicles including Bren gun carriers andlorries.

During the winter of 1947 school was closed fora period of ten weeks due to heavy snowfall. Theschool closed in the summer of ’47. The last twoteachers were Mrs Allinson from Ingleton and MissCordell of Clapham. George Wallbank was reputedto be the last pupil to leave the school building onthe day of closure.

The school building was eventually sold in apublic auction in 1948 for the sum of £380. Theschool has been closed for many years but many expupils live within close proximity to the building.

Thanks to Dr Farrer for allowing sight of legalpapers and other records for the school and to GeorgeWallbank for his memories.

Clapham Primary School and Clapham CommunityPlaygroup are both members of North CravenChildren’s Centre; a recent initiative from NorthYorkshire to bring together services for children andfamilies in local locations throughout Craven. Thereare 13 such locations between Gargrave and Burton inLonsdale with Clapham being one of these. The benefitto both school and Playgroup of being part of theChildren’s Centre is the funding and resources that flowfrom this, for the benefit of all local families.

To launch the Children’s Centre in Clapham anEvent is planned for the end of term to which familiesand other members of the community are welcome tocome along. This is set for Wednesday 19th July atClapham School. Activities, with a Health Theme, willbe held throughout the school day with children fromboth School and Playgroup, then from 3.30 to 6.30pmfamilies and other members of the local communityare welcome to come along and join in the fun.

Food will be provided, hopefully outside in thesunshine. To help with catering numbers, please leavea message at school (51317) by Wednesday 12th Julyif you wish to come along.

Both School and Playgroup hope to see you there.

Knit & NatterAre you interested in knitting or would like to learn? Ifso, please come along and join us at Park View on thefollowing Mondays from 1.00 to 3.00 pm:June 19th; July 3rd, 17th & 31st;August 14th;September 4th & 18th; October 2nd, 16th & 30th;November 13th & 27th.

Children’s Centre Launch

‘Hullo – I’m the village green’

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Simply colour or paint this picture and send itto Lesley Crutchley, Gildersbank, Clapham .

Competition closes 28th June. Super prize forthe winning entry. Good luck!

Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Age: . . . . .

Tel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congratulations to Richard Burns age 6 winner ofthe April art competition for his wonderful pictureof an Easter Bunny. Richard wins a large pack ofcrayons.

Art CompetitionA special competition for children up to the

age of ten

Colour in Dotty

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Bentham Physiotherapy ClinicFor Fast, Effective Physiotherapy

Marie Colyer MCSP

Chartered Physiotherapist

Registered with Health Professions Council

Phone: (015242) 62216

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Established since 1998BUPA and PPP registered PHYSIOfirst

Jenny Scott’sBECKSIDE GALLERY

Fantastic new yarns arriving forSummer, including amazing new

silk yarns.

Ask about our loyalty card scheme.

CHURCH AVENUE, CLAPHAMTelephone 015242 51122

www.jennyscott.co.uk info@jennyscott.co.uk

STREET MARKETThe annual Street Market will be held this year on22nd July, commencing at 9.30a.m. With stalls forcakes and refreshments, bacon butties, glass andchina, books, tombola, raffle, jam, plant and garden,bric-a-brac and white elephant, and household linen.Help with setting up the stalls and clearing awayafterwards is always much appreciated.COLLECTION OF GOODS will take place aroundthe village on Thursday, 13th July. For further detailsplease contact Jean Claughton (tel: 015242 51491).

An excellent idea has been suggested about havinga post Street Market dinner in the Village Hall.

Party Animals have been contacted and they havebeen booked for the occasion.

They will organise a Meat & Potato Pie meal witha pudding to follow. There will be a vegetarianalternative.

Tickets which are strictly limited are availablefrom Rosie at Park View (51492).

Tickets are on sale at £8 per head.

Northern Stars Steel BandOn Saturday, 15th July at 7p.m. a concert by theNorthern Stars Steel Band will take place in St. James’Church, Clapham. This is a joint event being held onbehalf of Clapham and Austwick Parish Churches.The Northern Stars last visited Clapham Church aspart of the millennium celebrations in 2000, andperformed in front of a full audience of more thantwo hundred people. The evening was a huge successand outstandingly enjoyable.

They are a highly talented group fromHuddersfield and have a wide musical repertoirecovering both classical and more traditional steel panmusic.

Tickets will be available at £10 for adults (toinclude a glass of wine during the interval) and £5for those under 16. The band is very popular and earlyreservations are advised and can be arranged throughColin Brindle Tel 015242 51426 (Clapham) orMichael Southworth Tel: 015242 51137 (Austwick).

‘Clapham’sParking

ProblemsSolved’

A couple of weeks ago a youngcouple who were visiting thevillage, managed to park theircar on top of the wall outsideArbutus House on Riverside.The incredible thing was thatthe wall at this stage, at least,was not damaged in theslightest. Sadly that was notthe case once the car wasremoved from the wall.

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Welcome Customers Old & NewOpening Times

Monday to Wednesday 9.00 – 5.30

Thursday & Friday 9.00 – 8.00

Saturday 9.00 – 2.00

No appointment necessary

12 CHURCH STREET, SETTLETelephone 01729 822888

Thomas RedheadClapham’s Solid Fuel & LPG gas supplier

supports British coal

Six grades & sizes of coalfrom £6.25 per 50kg bag – including V.A.T.

20 different smokeless fuelsfrom £7.00 per 50kg bag – including V.A.T.

Bottled gas delivered to your doorQUALITY, RELIABILITY & CHOICE

Top up service available

015242 41626 or 41212

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Clapham NurseryFRESH, ORGANIC AND LOCAL

ORGANIC SHOPOrganic vegetables, fruit and groceriesOpen 10.00–5.00, Tuesday to Saturday

DELIVERIESOrganic fruit and vegetables to your door

Tel: 015242 51723, Fax: 015242 51548www.growingwithgrace.co.uk

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On January 19th a Lancaster man and his colleague wereattacked in Newby by a crowd from Newby and Keasden.The two men, Richard Forster and William Heysham, wereset upon by a crowd of women and children as they triedto serve Court writs. They were assaulted and their writswere trodden into the mud.

The two men escaped injury but further riotousbehaviour occurred the next day when Thomas Procter, alocal bailiff, led sixty men to the Skew area where theybroke down hedges and ditches, took wood and drove offcattle, claiming that Forster had trespassed on Procter’sland.

Yes, its all true – but it happened a long time ago in1562. Richard Forster was then clerk of courts in Furnessand well connected with the Duchy of Lancaster. He usedhis position and influence to enclose land at Skew and tolease 24 plots of land in Newby and Keasden, one calledNuthaw and one belonging to Thomas Procter.

The trouble had erupted the year before in June 1561,when 16 men including Thomas and Edmund Procter hadejected Forster from Nuthaw. As a result Forster turned tothe Duchy for help and was granted a writ of subpoena tocompel the Newby bailiff and seven other men to appearin court. But word of the writs leaked out and on 18January, 1562 a meeting of tenants from Newby andKeasden plotted to attack Forster when he tried to deliverthe writs the next day.

RUMPUS IN NEWBYThis is just one of the interesting, even surprising,

incidents which has come to light in the course of researchtowards the history of the village and parish of Clapham.Residents have now spent many hours painstakingly siftingthrough old parish and other records in the County RecordOffice at Northallerton as well as transcribing the VictorianCensuses of Clapham, doing background reading, copyinglocal documents and collecting photographs and memoriesof Clapham in the last century.

Several grants have been applied for to help with thecosts of travelling to Northallerton and other record officesin pursuit of Clapham’s past, to help with the costs ofphotocopying and the many other expenses, includingprinting the book when it is finished. But most of all thepresent team of ten or twelve would welcome extra handsto speed and spread the work.

If you are interested then please contact Ken Pearceon 51816 – don’t forget, you will have to buy the book tofind out who, in the end, won the rumpus in Newby!

Plastic recycling in SettleFollowing the success of a plastic recycling bank inSkipton, Craven District Council has now installed anotherone in Whitefriars Car Park. Looking further ahead, theCouncil envisages that full scale collection will take placealong with the glass, cans and waste paper.

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Brookhouse Café & Guest HouseSTATION ROAD, CLAPHAMProprietor Alan Whitmore

Telephone 015242 51580 for a brochure

www.brookhouseclapham.co.uk

Aussie Barbequeon Friday, 28th July, 2006

only £16.95

School Dinnerson Friday, 30th June, 2006

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Please feel free to bring your own wine, we will provide the glasses for free.Advanced Bookings only – Please book early to avoid disappointment

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offer a discount to Friendsand Relations of locals

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Tel: 015242 51240

E S T A T E A G E N C Y

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Home-made Cream of Celery Soup

Cod in Parsley Sauce

Melon Basket filled with Fresh Fruits

Yorkshire Pudding filled with Sausage andOnion Gravy

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Fish Pie – haddock, prawns and mushrooms ina white wine sauce, topped with mashed potato

Lamb Stew – diced lamb, braised in a richmint gravy

Roast Chicken – served with a pineapple fritterBraised Pork Chop – with apple gravy

Steak Pie – with chunky chipsall served with fresh vegetables and the

chef’s potatoes❅ ❅ ❅

Selection of Desserts

Tea or Coffee

Selection of Salami

Salad Bowl

Garlic Bread

Spare Ribs

Pasta, Tuna and Feta Cheese Salad

Home-made Cauliflower and Stilton Soup

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Steak

Beef and Veggi Burgers

Pork Chops

Sausages

Peppered Mackerel

all served with Jacket Potatoes, Coleslawand Rice Salad

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Selection of Desserts

Tea or CoffeeSchool caps or ties

can be worn!

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This Free Newsletter aims to keep everyone in Clapham, Keasden and Newby in touch with what ishappening in our community. It does, however, cost a not insignificant amount to produce, and

advertising is a very necessary aid to the finances. An advert costs as little as £3 per issue.For Advertising your products and services, please contact Ray Hull on 015242 51492

Articles, News and Ideas PLEASE! for the next issue by 25th July, 2006 tothe Village Shop, Lesley Crutchley lesley@gildersbank.co.uk, Chrissie Bell ChrisHarte@aol.com,

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WILDLIFE IN CLAPHAMSummer migrants started arriving in the local area bythe first week of April. Eight male Wheatear were seenon Thwaite Scars and Clapham Bottoms on the 1st andone female Wheatear was at Crook Beck on the 2ndand 3rd, more Wheatears were seen at Crina BottomFarm and Newby Moor on the 9th.

Swallows, Sand martins and Willow warblers startedarriving in large numbers after the 6th. Three pairs ofSand martins started breeding in the banks of Crookbeck near Calterber bridge, but the nest holes werewashed out after the heavy rain on the weekend of the20th and 21st May.

The Long Eared Owl which was seen on NewbyMoor in March was last seen there on the 16th, it, oranother Long Eared Owl was seen in bushes next to theEldroth road at Meldingscale farm on the 18th; TwoDotterels were seen on Ingleborough on the 23rd.

One of the highlights of April was the sight of anOsprey flying north low over Newby Moor on the 9th,on that same day there were numerous sightings ofOspreys heading north across the Northwest region andone had spent the previous four days at Stocks reservoir.

Other summer visitors to arrive back in the localarea were House Martins at Clapham on the 18th; twoBlackcaps at Ingleborough hall on the 16th; four malesand two female Redstarts at Trow Gill on the 21st.

Among the birds seen in May was another Dotterelin a field between Meldingscale Farm and LawsingsFarm on the 21st; the first Swifts arrived back atClapham on the 1st; one Cuckoo was heard calling nearMeldingscale Farm on the 5th; a Spotted Flycatcherwas seen at Clapham Station on the 6th; one femaleRing Ouzel at Clapham bottoms on the 9th; one male

Pied Flycatcher was singing at the top of the Naturetrail on the 10th and one Whitethroat was heard singingat Clapham Station on the 12th and 21st.

Seven Sedge Warblers were seen and heard singingon Hardacre Moss and Newby Moor on the 12th andtwo more were found at Meldingscale Farm on the 21st;one Chiffchaff was heard singing at Ingleborough Hallfrom the 15th; the first six Lapwing chicks were seenat Meldingscale farm on the 12th and one Lapwingchick was seen near Nutta farm on the 21st.

The first Butterflies to be seen this year were twoLarge whites in Clapham Churchyard on the 16th, otherbutterflies that have been seen this year are: small white,green veined white, orange tip, small tortoiseshell,peacock and red admiral.

Red Kite news! One was seen over Clapham lakein the first week of May by Sue Latimer and the sameor perhaps a different Red Kite was seen overMeldingscales Farm at the end of May.

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WHIST DRIVESThe group of people who play whist at ClaphamVillage Hall on Friday nights donated £ 100 each toClapham Cave Rescue and Manorlands Hospice inFebruary. In May the chosen charities were Settleand Ingleton Swimming Pools and each received£100. Anyone wishing to join us is most welcome at7.30p.m. in the Village Hall on June 3rd, 10th and17th then we miss one week and then back for anotherthree weeks.